Hollande admits breaking EU embargo to arm Syrian militants

Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis France has sought to use whatever means necessary to regain control of the country it used to occupy after the first World War. That effort has even included arms deliveries to Syrian militants despite an EU embargo.

Hollande bypasses Parliament again to ram through right-wing measures

French President Francois Hollande leaves the Elysee Palace in Paris on June 17, 2015 after the weekly cabinet meeting. (AFP)

Ramin Mazaheri
Press TV, Paris

French President Francois Hollande is under fire over attempts to bypass the parliament in order to push through a number of unpopular economic measures. The move has been described as anti-democratic even by members of his own Socialist Party. Ramin Mazaheri tells us more from Paris.